Agenda - 10-06-20; 6-c - Zoning Atlas Amendment – Master Plan Development Conditional Zoning District (MPD-CZ) for the Research Triangle Logistics Park (RTLP)

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Approved 9/2/2020 would like for them to propose their site plan with provisions for how solar will be incorporated at such time as they’re 166 prepared. 167 168 David Blankfard: So you’re saying that you want them to design for it. Not necessarily install it? 169 170 Hunter Spitzer: Yes, I think that pretty much at least heavily encourages them to install at that point. 171 172 Adam Beeman: I am not understanding what you mean, during design for it? Would you like them to lay conduit and 173 put disconnects? Or are you just talking about, I’m not understand … 174 175 Hunter Spitzer: During the architectural planning. Whether or not they lay the conduits at the time of construction or 176 after the fact it at their choice. 177 178 Adam Beeman: I still don’t understand design for, any building if in the right sun location, we can put solar panels on 179 it and run conduit down the disconnects, that can all be done after the fact. I’m not sure what you mean about 180 planning for it ahead of time. 181 182 Kim Piracci: I want to back up what Hunter is saying. Building can be built in such a way that they don’t have solar 183 panels today but it would be a lot cheaper to put solar panels on them tomorrow if that is desired, it just makes sense 184 to build building that way. Now, having said that I’m not an architect or an engineer or an electrician, it’s just 185 something that seems to me makes sense to do in 2020. And so therefore, I feel like Hunter verbiage, his college 186 degree is in this so I feel like if he thinks that’s what the verbiage should be, I kind of want to support him on that. I 187 would simply say, design would allow for future solar panel installation but the technology, the verbiage, I’m not an 188 attorney and so maybe we just need guidance on this. 189 190 Adam Beeman: I am an electrician and that is why I’m saying I’m not quite understanding what you’re going after? If 191 you want to have like holes and penetration put through the roof so you can slide pipes through later, maybe I could 192 understand what you’re saying. 193 194 Hunter Spitzer: That is what I’m, design and construction shall necessarily prepare for the incorporation. 195 196 David Blankfard: You could also design the roof for an extra 15 lbs. per sq. ft. to accept the panels for future loading 197 and they wouldn’t even have to put in the conduit. The conduit could be put in later. 198 199 Adam Beeman: That I could understand and get behind. I just want clarification as to what we’re talking about as far 200 as design. I can understand what you’re talking about as far as rood load. 201 202 Kim Piracci: I just believe, you’re an electrician, so you understand that part, wires going through pipes. I’m sure 203 there are other aspects of this we, Planning Board Members, don’t and so if they’re kind of required to be able to put 204 solar panels on in the future then that will take place at the architect level. And David came up with roof load 205 brilliantly, I didn’t think of that and there are probably other considerations beyond our scope. 206 207 Randy Marshall: Can I just make a very simple rewording suggestion that says, building design/construction shall 208 allow for the incorporation of alternative energy systems such as solar panels. That gets the double negative out of it 209 and make it a positive but doesn’t really change the gist of what’s being said. 210 211 Michael Birch: On behalf of the applicant, we are absolutely amenable to that suggested word change. 212 213 Hunter Spitzer: I would still prefer necessarily prepare. 214 215 Randy Marshall: It shall allow for incorporation. Take out not necessarily preclude but more positively said shall allow 216 for incorporation of alternative energy systems. 217 218 Kim Piracci: I like Hunter’s verbiage better. Any building could be built and allow for solar panels in the future. 219 220 221 22